BBC National News: Presentation

BBC News Special has been cut short on BBC One and they are now showing Escape to the Country.

How come it's Matthew on his own?

Wtf?? The Daily Politics is currently broadcasting a clear-as-day image of a body covered in a sheet of material while they speak to a local MP on the phone.

Don't click if you don't want to see: Screencap

Unbelievable.

Maybe Fiona is heading up to Cumbria to report, seeing as she has been with Lookaround in that area for years?

The EPG on Freeview said the Special was going to end at 14:30 - so it actually overran.

It is fine for a news programme to broadcast a picture like this. The only reason not to broadcast it would be if the body could be identified. Was it moving shots or a photograph BTW?



While the News Special was on, the Sky EPG had it running until 15:00 when the next BBC News is on anyway but now that it has finished it is still showing as the current programme but with a finish time of 14:30. This is on BBC One South East.

davidlees posted


I have only seen a photograph, that same one has been on BBC, ITV and Sky.

I think it was originally planned to be until 1500, then later shortened.

I disagree - it's not fine at all.

Maybe you would like to add a bit more to your post so we can get a discussion going?

CNNI showed that video, you could see the mans shoes. It was quite disturbing but I don't see why a news channel shouldn't show it. Afterall, its happening, its news, and its real life.

It's a fairly normal thing to show in such a news story. TV and the press will often show all or part of a covered body in-situ or being carried away.

If you watch some channels you'll see a lot worse than that!